roan
Example Sentences
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Gray or roan horses are 0 for their last 31 in the Derby; Essential Quality and Soup and Sandwich will aim to snap that drought.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
He called the servant man to go, Saddled the dappled roan, And he rode to her father’s house that night, Knocked on the door alone.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
He drew attention from his first day on the job, when he mounted a roan gelding to ride across Washington’s National Mall to the Department of Interior.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2018
The horse, a bay roan gelding standing just over 17 hands tall, is normally kept in stables on the Mall and is owned by the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2017
He turned the roan and urged her toward the stable.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
